* 1296 – John of Bohemia ( d. 1346 )

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

* 1291 – 1296: Dietrich, not enthroned

* 1296 – 1302: Vollrad von Krempa

* 1296 – Edmund Crouchback, English son of Henry III of England ( b. 1245 )

* 1245 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England ( d. 1296 )

* 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

* 1257 – King Przemysł II of Poland ( d. 1296 )

Pope Saint Celestine V ( 1215 – 19 May 1296 ), born Pietro Angelerio ( according to some sources Angelario, Angelieri, Angelliero, or Angeleri ), also known as Pietro da Morrone, was elected Pope in the year 1294 in the last non-conclave papal election in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

* 29 April – Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France ( b. c. 1296 )

* November 14 – Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica ( b. 1296 )

1296 – 1272 ) makes a treaty with Alaksandu ( possibly Alexander ), king of Wilusa ( Ilium ); and another document has Wilusa swearing by Appaliuna ( Apollo ).

John the Blind ( Luxembourgish: < span lang =" lb "> Jang de Blannen </ span >; German: < span lang =" de "> Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg </ span >; Czech: < span lang =" cz "> Jan Lucemburský </ span >) ( 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346 ) was the Count of Luxembourg from 1309 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland.

# Agnes ( 18 May 1281 – 10 June 1364, Königsfelden ), married in Vienna 13 February 1296 King Andrew III of Hungary.

* March 2 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland ( b. 1296 )

* April 12 – King Mangrai the Great of Ngoenyang established a new capital by founding Chiangmai and founded the Mangrai Dynasty that ruled the Lanna Kingdom of Chiangmai from 1296 to 1578.

* November 17 – ( Julian calendar ) John Balliol is selected by King Edward I of England as King of Scotland from among 13 candidates ; Edward then treats John as a puppet ruler and Scotland as a vassal state, eventually provoking the Wars of Scottish Independence, commencing in 1296.

* January 16 – Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England ( d. 1296 )

* October 14 – King Przemysł II of Poland ( d. 1296 )

The First War ( 1296 – 1328 ) began with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

# Edmund Crouchback ( 16 January 1245 – d. 5 June 1296 )

# William of Lusignan ( c. 1228 – 1296 ).

John Balliol ( Norman French: Johan de Bailliol ; – 25 November 1314 ), known to the Scots as Toom Tabard (" empty suit "), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.

Salah – ud-din bin Youssef al-Kalal bi Hama ( i. e. the eye doctor of Hama ) was a Syrian oculist who flourished in Hama in 1296.

The Khilji dynasty, under ' Alā ' uddīn ( 1296 – 1316 ), in bringing most of South India under its control for a time, although conquered areas broke away quickly.

* Alauddin Khilji ( 1296 – 1316 )

His tomb has not survived, but that of Princess Marjorie Bruce ( 1296 – 1316 ), ancestor of the Stewarts, is one of Scotland's few royal monuments to survive the Reformation.

Khilji was the second Sultan of Delhi from Khilji dynasty, who ruled from 1296 to 1316 AD.

Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus ( 1296 – 2 March 1316 ) was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife, Isabella of Mar, and the founder of the Stewart dynasty.

Children of his first marriage ( 1296 ), with Thamar Angelina Komnene, which ended with a divorce ( 1309 ):

And rather ironically and probably unknown to him at the time, Edward I ( who captured the Stone in 1296 and took it to Westminster Abbey ) was his 21st great grandfather.

Peter did not provide for his youngest son and namesake, Peter ( 1275 – 25 August 1296 ), who married Constanca Mendes de Silva, daughter of Soeiro Mendes Petite, governor of Santarém in Portugal.

The name is derived from lord (' heer ' in Dutch ) Hugo van Assendelft who was killed by the West Frisians in this area in 1296.

* Jean ( John ) de Brienne ( c. 1230 – 1296 ), who in 1258 became Grand Butler of France.

# Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster ( 1245 – 1296 ), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue ; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue.

The Duke of Argyll is also the chief of the Scottish clan of Campbell and in this capacity is known as " MacCailein Mòr ", which is Gaelic, for " The Great MacColin " referring to Cailean Mór ( Colin the Great ) of Lochawe ( Colin of Lochow ) who was killed in fighting with Alexander, Lord of Lorne in 1296.

This would have been the property of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster who died in 1296, the record of his estate mentioning " a capital mansion ".

Several English kings visited the shrine, including Henry III ( 1231 or 1241 ), Edward I ( 1289 and 1296 ), Edward II in 1315, Edward III in 1361, Henry VI in 1455, Henry VII in 1487 and finally Henry VIII, who was later responsible for its destruction when the shrine and abbey perished in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

1240 – 1296 ), who was Count of Lecce and Brienne and pursued the kingdoms in Levant for himself when his uncle Henry's line began to go extinct.

1240 – 1296 ), who was Count of Lecce and Brienne and pursued the kingdoms in Levant for himself when his uncle Henry's line began to go extinct.

The throne of Armenia had changed hands multiple times during Leo's brief lifetime, being held variously by his uncle Hethum II in 1295, passed peacefully to his father Thoros III in 1296, then usurped by another uncle Sempad, who was usurped by his brother Constantine III of Armenia, who himself was deposed by his brother Hethum II in 1299.

The two brought their sister Rita to Constantinople to marry Michael IX Palaiologos in 1296, but were imprisoned upon their return in Bardzrberd by their brother Sempad, who had usurped the throne in their absence.

Its appearance apparently impressed Emperor Chengzong of Yuan China's late 13th century envoy Chou Ta-Kuan during his visit from 1296 to 1297, who said it was ' the Tower of Bronze ... a truly astonishing spectacle, with more than ten chambers at its base.

William de Valence became 1st Earl of Wexford and 1st Earl of Pembroke ( for the third creation, or house, of the Pembroke Earldom ) ( 1225 – 1230 – 16 or 18 May 1296 ), born Guillaume de Lusignan or de Valence, was a French nobleman and Knight, who became important in English politics due to his relationship to Henry III.

The early saint-poets were Mukundaraj who wrote Vivekasindhu, Dnyaneshwar ( 1275 – 1296 ) ( who wrote Amrutanubhav and Bhawarthadeepika, which is popularly known as Dnyaneshwari, a 9000-couplets long commentary on the Bhagavad Gita ) and Namdev.

It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland — known as the Stone of Scone — which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone Abbey.

It dates back to the 13th century in Scotland with the recording of Aleyn le Littester of Edinburghshire who rendered homage to the Republican Government in 1296, and to the 14th century in England ( Richard le Lyster appears in the Subsidy Tax Rolls of Derbyshire in 1327.

After Henry's death, Blanche married Edmund Crouchback ( 1245 – 1296 ), in 1276, an English prince who was a younger son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.

Dnyaneshwar ( 1275 – 1296 ) was the first Marathi literary figure who had wide readership and profound influence.

In 1296 it fell to the Venetians again, who soon built a castle on the ancient acropolis of Ioulis.